Kitchen Tools and Gadgets

Herb Scissors

These herb scissors make it so easy to cut various herbs and green leaf vegetables.

First of all, I bought this pair of herb scissors from Gardener’s Supply.  These scissors have five blades and four spaces for cutting herbs and greens uniformly.  The herb scissors provide about 3 inches of blade length for cutting.  If you are a gourmet cook, you may want to use a sharp knife for slicing.  Since I am not a gourmet cook and a menace with knives, I prefer to use the herb scissors.   Another feature is that there is a blade cover that also doubles as a tool to remove any stuck herbs or greens from between the blades.

For uniform slices, I use the herb scissors for chives, scallions, tarragon and rosemary.

Uniformly sliced chives

For smaller slices, I use the herb scissors for herbs like parsley.

If you want a chiffonade, you can roll the leaf of an herb like basil or a vegetable like spinach or swiss chard and use the herb scissors to create a curl by slicing perpendicular to the roll.

Creating Basil Chiffonades

Yesterday we discussed another kitchen herb gadget call an herb cube tray.

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